Digital Equipment HiNote VP 500 Series Service Manual page 11

This guide describes how to test, troubleshoot, and remove and replace the Digital HiNote VP
500 series notebook computer Field Replaceable Units (FRUs).
Audience
This service guide is written specifically for service engineers.
Organization
This guide contains the following:
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Chapter 1: Overview – This chapter introduces the Digital HiNote VP 500 series
notebook computers. It provides a system overview and describes the controls,
indicators, and hot keys.
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Chapter 2: System BIOS – This chapter provides information related to the system BIOS
and its Setup program.
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Chapter 3: Troubleshooting – This chapter provides a systematic method of isolating
problems with the Digital HiNote VP 500 series of notebook computers.
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Chapter 4: FRU Replacement – This chapter provides detailed procedures for replacing
the Digital HiNote VP 500 series notebook computer Field Replaceable Units (FRUs).
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Chapter 5: FRU List and Illustrated Parts Breakdown – This chapter provides a list of
the Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) and a parts breakdown and parts list for the Digital
HiNote VP 500 series notebook computer.
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Appendix A: Specifications – This appendix lists the notebook computer's
specifications.
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Appendix B: Device Mapping – This appendix contains tables listing the default settings
for of the notebook computer's memory map, I/O address map, interrupt map, and DMA
map.
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Appendix C: System Connector Pin Assignments – This appendix shows the location of
the connectors on the system motherboard and provides a listing of the pinouts for these
connectors.
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Appendix D: Schematics – This appendix contains the schematic drawings for the
system.
Preface
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